Lesson 3

Sharing Cookies

Est. Class Sessions: 2

Daily Practice and Problems

Teacher Notes
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Make coins available to students.

  1. 14 pennies is the same as 2 nickels and 4 pennies: 14 cents
  2. 8 pennies is the same as 1 nickel and 3 pennies: 8 cents
  3. 18 pennies is the same as 3 nickels and 3 pennies: 18 cents
  4. 15 pennies is the same as 3 nickels and 0 pennies: 15 cents
  5. 12 pennies is the same as 2 nickels and 2 pennies: 12 cents

Ongoing Assessment

Use DPP item I to assess students’ abilities to skip count by fives and count on to find the value of a set of coins [E2].

I. Pennies and Nickels

Trade as many pennies for nickels as you can. Then count how much money you have. Use coins to help you.